Growth parameters for Mullus barbatus
 
Maximum Length 38.2cm TL
n = 71
Note that studies where Loo is very different (+/- 1/3) from Lmax are doubtful.
Lm vs Linf graph [n = 7]
Reproductive graph [n = 3]
M vs K graph [n = 7]
M vs Linf graph [n = 7]
Longevity vs 3/K graph [n = 11]
ø = 2.25
L inf = 24.1 cm TL
K = 0.3
Median record no. 36
96811Ref. 96811
Loo
(cm)		 Length Type K
(1/y)		 t0
(years)		 Sex M
(1/y)		 Temp° C Lm Ø' Country Locality Questionable Captive
16.8 TL 0.561 -0.37 M 2.20 Greece Aegean Sea Yes No
17.8 TL 0.192 14.0 1.78 Türkiye Iskenderun Yes No
18.1 SL 0.497 -0.18 M 14.0 2.21 Tunisia Tunisian coasts Yes No
18.5 TL 0.630 M 14.0 2.33 Italy Adriatic Sea Yes No
19.0 TL 0.586 14.0 2.33 Cyprus Yes No
19.0 FL 0.438 -0.78 2.20 Türkiye Izmir Bay Yes No
20.0 TL 0.821 14.0 2.52 France Banyuls-sur-Mer Yes No
20.0 TL 0.568 2.36 Italy Central Tyrrhenian Sea No No
20.0 TL 0.441 2.25 Italy Ligurian Sea No No
20.5 SL 0.500 -0.04 F 14.0 2.32 Tunisia Tunisian coasts No No
20.5 TL 0.403 14.0 2.23 Israel No No
20.6 TL 0.696 M 2.47 Italy Elba Island Yes No
20.9 TL 0.660 -0.14 M 1.01 17.5 2.46 Algeria Arzew Gulf No No
21.1 TL 1.088 2.68 Italy Ligurian Sea Yes No
21.5 TL 0.271 M 14.0 2.10 Greece Saronikos Gulf No No
21.5 TL 0.038 1.24 Greece Korinthiakos Gulf Yes No
22.1 TL 0.230 -1.81 2.05 Morocco SW Mediterranean No No
22.1 TL 0.380 -0.94 F 2.27 Italy Gulf of Castellamare, NW Sicily No No
22.4 TL 0.280 -1.98 M 12.5 2.15 Italy Cape Otranto to Cape Spartivento, N. Ionian Sea No No
22.4 TL 0.280 -1.98 M 2.15 Italy Cape Otranto (40° 06'N, 18° 31'E) and Cappe Passero (36° 41'N, 15° 10'E), Ionian Sea No No
22.5 TL 0.220 14.0 2.05 Greece Gulf of Saronikos and Thermaikos, Aegean Sea No No
22.5 TL 0.560 M 14.0 2.45 France Marseille No No
22.7 TL 0.390 -1.02 M 0.72 2.30 Egypt Izbet El-Borg No No
22.7 FL 0.250 -1.13 M 14.0 2.11 Greece Central Aegean Sea No No
22.9 TL 0.043 1.35 Greece Ionian Sea Yes No
23.0 TL 0.640 2.53 Türkiye Iskenderun Gulf No No
23.1 TL 0.510 F 14.0 2.43 Italy Adriatic Sea No No
23.3 TL 0.049 1.42 Greece Patraikos Gulf Yes No
23.5 TL 0.225 -0.75 M 0.33 15.2 2.09 Türkiye Rize No No
23.5 TL 0.510 -0.86 14.0 2.45 Greece Saronikos Gulf No No
23.6 FL 0.181 -3.01 M 10.6 2.00 Greece Central Aegean Sea Yes No
23.8 TL 0.390 -0.97 F 0.61 2.34 Egypt Izbet El-Borg No No
24.0 TL 0.258 14.0 2.17 Spain Castellon No No
24.0 TL 0.449 14.0 2.41 Israel No No
24.0 TL 0.200 0.43 17.2 2.06 Italy Sicily No No
24.1 TL 0.309 -0.72 F 2.25 Greece Aegean Sea No No
24.3 TL 0.565 2.52 Türkiye Izmir Bay No No
24.3 TL 0.147 -3.31 1.94 Spain Catalan Sea Yes No
24.5 TL 0.600 F 14.0 2.56 France Marseille No No
24.5 TL 0.270 -1.85 F 2.21 Italy Cape Otranto (40° 06'N, 18° 31'E) and Cappe Passero (36° 41'N, 15° 10'E), Ionian Sea No No
24.5 TL 0.270 -1.85 F 13.5 2.21 Italy Cape Otranto to Cape Spartivento, N. Ionian Sea No No
24.5 TL 0.135 14.0 1.91 Greece Ionian Sea, 1983-85 No No
24.7 FL 0.150 -3.21 M 14.0 1.96 Greece Evvoikos, Pagasitikos Gulf Yes No
24.7 TL 0.150 M 14.0 10.3 1.96 Greece Euboikos Gulf No No
24.8 TL 0.290 14.0 2.25 Italy Adriatic Sea No No
25.1 TL 0.600 -0.15 F 0.91 17.5 2.58 Algeria Arzew Gulf No No
25.4 FL 0.211 14.0 2.13 Greece North Aegean Sea No No
25.5 FL 0.214 -2.13 F 14.0 10.5 2.14 Greece Central Aegean Sea No No
26.0 TL 0.410 -0.40 2.44 Spain Western Mediterranean (GSA 1, 5 and 7) No No
26.1 FL 0.127 -3.54 1.94 Türkiye Edremit Gulf Yes No
26.5 TL 0.161 -2.70 2.05 Türkiye Izmir Gulf Yes No
26.6 TL 0.180 -2.49 2.11 Cyprus Cyprus Island (GSA 25) No No
27.0 TL 0.697 F 2.71 Italy Elba Island No No
27.5 TL 0.500 14.0 2.58 Italy Adriatic Sea No No
27.6 TL 0.154 -2.64 13.0 2.07 Italy Sicilian Channel Yes No
28.1 TL 0.160 -0.25 F 0.33 15.2 2.10 Türkiye Rize No No
28.3 TL 0.167 14.0 2.13 Greece Aegean Sea No No
28.6 TL 0.152 F 14.0 2.09 Greece Saronikos Gulf No No
29.0 TL 0.600 -0.10 2.70 Italy Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 9) No No
29.0 TL 0.060 1.70 Spain Ligurian and North Tyrrhenian Sea (GSA 09) No No
29.1 TL 0.410 -0.39 2.54 Italy Sardinia (west) (GSA 11) No No
29.1 TL 0.410 -0.39 2.54 Italy Sardinia (GSA 11) No No
29.7 TL 0.210 2.27 Algeria Beni-Saf No No
30.0 TL 0.400 2.56 Italy Southern Adriatic Sea/Western Ionian Sea No No
31.6 FL 0.107 -2.87 F 11.2 2.03 Greece Central Aegean Sea Yes No
32.0 TL 0.385 2.60 Spain Castellon No No
32.9 FL 0.110 -2.92 F 14.0 10.5 2.08 Greece Evvoikos, Pagasitikos Gulf Yes No
33.0 TL 0.280 2.48 Spain Santa Pola No No
33.0 TL 0.380 2.62 Spain Vilanova i la Geltru No No
34.5 TL 0.340 -0.14 2.61 Spain Northern Spain (GSA 6) No No
34.5 TL 0.336 2.60 Spain Porto Santo Stefano No No
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